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1 Chronicles 20:3-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Chronicles 20:3-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 He brought out the people who were in it and put them to work with saws,[a] iron picks, and axes.[b](A) David did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then he and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
The Philistine Giants
4 After this,(B) a war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the giants,[c] and the Philistines were subdued.
5 Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam.(C)
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- 1 Chronicles 20:3 Text emended; MT reads and sawed them with the saw; 2Sm 12:31
- 1 Chronicles 20:3 Text emended; MT reads saws; 2Sm 12:31
- 1 Chronicles 20:4 Or the Rephaites
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